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Dwarven Heroes mod
« on: April 21, 2010, 09:44:53 pm »
This mod puts in a 1 in a 100 chance of any given dwarf being an Überzwerg Elbentöter (Überdwarf Elfslayer).  Hopefully, they'll rise to the top in legends mode, and give plenty of epic tales to tell.  You may even be lucky enough to get such a dwarf in your fortress!

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This mod also includes a bunch of little tweaks, but they're less important.

I'm thinking of maybe doing similar things for the humans and even elves (e.g. the scions of Cacame) and maybe give them trances in addition to the stat boost.
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2010, 10:20:56 pm »
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Um, awesome! How exactly does it work and how to I try it out? Is it just a copy and paste job? that seems to be not the case in this version, no?
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2010, 12:41:52 am »
This is a very interesting idea. I'd love to hear how it works in practice.
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2010, 01:01:17 am »
wowza thats some power. I like how the cast names are Morul(male) and Urist(female) but why did you give the male uber a 1.5% chance and female only 1%?
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2010, 01:11:41 am »
Obviously because he's a male mysogynist who believes in oppressing the historical fact that there are as many epic heroines as heroes. Or rather, that the dwarves have no dichotomy and that is actually true for them. You bastard!  ;)

Dwarves live in an ideal world! Where women are not naturally handicapped by physical frailty! RESPECT THE FANTASY! Respect the spirit of women and the fact that when we create an imaginary world to have adventures in, we can allow women there to stand on equal ground with men!

This is a choice Toady has made, and one I personally like. I doubt he will include a physical dichotomy, though he may eventually include a natural nurturing outlook in the dwarven women which will cause them to shelter and protect their children rather than using them as meatshields. Who knows.

None of this comes close to a real explanation of why you thought fit to do that. But yea, if you're going for realism, the chances of a naturally occurring female warrior of superhuman strength are smaller than those of a male counterpart.
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2010, 01:19:26 am »
Ok, Architect, just calm down a little.
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2010, 01:48:55 am »
I guess the presence of smileys and the consecutive arguing for both sides doesn't register as tongue-in-cheek with some people.

Well, it's a forum, so all you can do is make it kick-them-in-the-crotch obvious and hope they get it.

New forum look is somewhat nice. Missing some of the fluff, like signatures displayed in quotes while typing replies.
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2010, 02:07:09 am »
Must admit, I thought Urist was a boy-dwarf's name.

Though, I must admit, a cleaned up version without the little notes would be nice for adding into the raws to try it out.
« Last Edit: April 22, 2010, 02:08:44 am by Coidzure Dreams »
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2010, 02:09:13 am »
Quote from: Coidzure Dreams on April 22, 2010, 02:07:09 am
Must admit, I thought Urist was a boy-dwarf's name.

Though, I must admit, a cleaned up version without the little notes would be nice for adding into the raws to try it out.

I didn't want to say anything before, because it just wasn't worth it. But now that you've brought it up: It's one of the unisex ones.
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2010, 02:14:02 am »
Hey, that's a great idea. I use same stuff for mutants in the future version of Wasteland mod to make them diverse (and using different bodies), but I somehow didn't think of using it to make rare "hero" creatures for other races :).
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2010, 02:50:40 am »
Quote from: The Architect on April 22, 2010, 02:09:13 am
Quote from: Coidzure Dreams on April 22, 2010, 02:07:09 am
Must admit, I thought Urist was a boy-dwarf's name.

Though, I must admit, a cleaned up version without the little notes would be nice for adding into the raws to try it out.

I didn't want to say anything before, because it just wasn't worth it. But now that you've brought it up: It's one of the unisex ones.

Well, good to know Urist McEverydwarf really is Every Dwarf.
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2010, 02:55:15 am »
Too bad we can't pick castes in Adventure Mode, as we make our d00d.
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« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2010, 03:00:55 am »
Quote from: Acanthus117 on April 22, 2010, 02:55:15 am
Too bad we can't pick castes in Adventure Mode, as we make our d00d.

Well, there's always the ubermensch civ with Indiv controllable.  :/
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2010, 03:08:09 am »
Quote from: Coidzure Dreams on April 22, 2010, 03:00:55 am
Quote from: Acanthus117 on April 22, 2010, 02:55:15 am
Too bad we can't pick castes in Adventure Mode, as we make our d00d.

Well, there's always the ubermensch civ with Indiv controllable.  :/
Sorry, I was just looking. I didn't DL or play this yet. :/
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Re: Dwarven Heroes mod
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2010, 03:41:12 am »
Quote from: Acanthus117 on April 22, 2010, 02:55:15 am
Too bad we can't pick castes in Adventure Mode, as we make our d00d.
How do you mean that? You can certainly change your caste in the screen where you can also change your name, after choosing your skills, with 'g'.
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